At a rally in Pennsylvania on Tuesday night, President Trump told the crowd he will be “making a phone call” to the leaders of Thailand and Cambodia to urge peace and help resolve their ongoing border dispute.
“Who else could say, ‘I’m going to make a phone call and stop a war of two very powerful countries. We’re making peace through strength,” Trump told the audience.
Trump Says He’ll Ring Cambodia, Thailand Over Return of Border Skirmishes
President Donald Trump said he intends to contact the leaders of Thailand and Cambodia following the renewed border clashes, which he listed among eight disputes he claims to have defused using tariff… pic.twitter.com/9ZmeqPAAjy
— Cambodianess (@TTNEnglish) December 10, 2025
Heavy fighting has erupted again earlier this week along the 500-mile Thailand-Cambodia border, leaving at least a dozen people dead and forcing more than half a million to flee.
Footage of the chaos:
#Breaking: That was huge! This footage shows Royal Cambodian Army using precision guided artillery rockets and ballistic missiles to target a Thai border post on the #Cambodia–#Thailand borderline. These 300mm rockets were launched by a Chinese made PHL-03 self-propelled 12-tube… pic.twitter.com/mDr01v0Sol
— Babak Taghvaee – The Crisis Watch (@BabakTaghvaee1) December 9, 2025
🇹🇭🇰🇭 Cambodian forces are using residential areas to launch rockets
The Cambodian military has been shelling Thai Army positions with multiple‑rocket launchers throughout the morning.
Reports also indicate that Cambodia is moving tanks and additional fire systems toward the… pic.twitter.com/mLW6pi5uNS
— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) December 10, 2025
Forces of the Royal Thai Army, supported by M1126 “Stryker” Infantry Fighting Vehicles, advance into a residential area near the border in Northern Cambodia as fighting escalates between the two countries, with a soldier seen laying down suppressing fire using an M2 Browning… pic.twitter.com/GqBbP70t9n
— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) December 10, 2025
In July, Trump pressured both countries with potential trade restrictions, which helped produce a temporary peace deal over the summer, but the conflict has since spiraled out of control in recent days.
“Bangkok’s resistance is a test for Trump’s tariff play, but the tariff has always been a blunt instrument,” Chong Ja Ian, a political science professor at the National University of Singapore, told Reuters, adding, “Whether it can get a lasting ceasefire over longstanding and deep-seated animosities has been and is doubtful.”
Trump has recently positioned himself as a mediator in several international disputes as part of his pursuit of a Nobel Peace Prize. The US also signaled to Kyiv this week that reaching a peace agreement by Christmas Day is crucial.
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